Sweet 16 Page #3

thinking that with this murder

and all, it mightjust be too much or?

- Lemme tell you a secret,

I think that a party is just

what this town needs right now.

Really that's terrific,

my daughter Melissa

is going to be 16 next

week, and I was thinking

that I could give her a real

old-fashioned Texas Barbecue

and invite the whole town up.

The kids and I would

be there hungry as bears.

- Terrific.

I'm not saying for sure

but it looked like the work

of some kind of psychotic,

I mean who else would

stab somebody 20 or 30 times.

- I heard it was 15.

Well my dad doesn't know

anything for sure yet.

But for all we know the

killer could be sitting

right next to you.

That's Melissa.

She was the last person

to see Johnny alive.

She might as

well take her clothes off.

- She's beautiful.

Melissa

What are you thinking, sweet Melissa

Are you with us still, Melissa

You look so far away

Hey throw met he ball.

Melissa

What's that you're saying, sweet Melissa

How you doing?

- Okay.

You must be new around here.

You must be the captain

of the football team.

- Mind if I sit down?

- Sure why not.

- So the name's Tommy, Tommy Jackson.

I'm Melissa, I'm doing time

here for a couple of months.

- Huh?

Forget it, you got

a match Tommy Jackson?

- I don't smoke.

- Well you'll live a little longer.

What do you do?

You know, drop pills, you drink,

or smoke dope or anything?

- Well I do a little of everything.

- Everything, oh.

Maybe we should get together sometime?

I may do a little of everything too.

- So what's the deal?

- You tell me.

- I might be able to score some herb.

- Herb?

- You know, to smoke.

- You mean grass?

- Yeah.

So you wanna meet me tonight?

- Where?

- Do you know Earl's?

- Yeah.

I'll be around back

say uh, eight o'clock.

- Sure why not.

- Don't be late.

- I won't, I'll be there, see ya tonight.

Hank it's your

turn to do the dishes.

I did 'em last night.

- Oh no way Marci.

You're the lady of the house.

- Hey!

You wash and I'll dry then.

- Marci.

As soon as you finished the

dishes, I want you to jump on

your homework okay?

- When are you going to meet a nice girl

to take care of these domestic chores?

- In this town, good luck.

- Well what's wrong with Kathy?

- Oh Kathy, damn I gotta call her.

Well why don't you

propose to her when you do?

- Cute, real cute.

I'm not in any hurry to

get married again, okay?

Hank I want you to stay

with your sister tonight,

I want you to crack the

books and lock the doors.

- Okay Dad.

You guys need me, I'll

be down at the school okay?

Any problems? Good.

God what a mess.

- Marci come on.

- Where are you going?

- Into town.

- You heard what Dad said.

I heard what he said,

now come on let's go.

- Wait a minute, I'm not going out there.

What if that killer is waiting for us,

we could be coleslaw, just like that.

- All right suit yourself then,

I'll see you in a couple of hours.

- Hank wait for me.

This is really stupid you know.

I mean there's a maniac

running around and here we are,

going for a little walk.

- Will you shut up and come on?

- I'm scared I talk a lot when I'm scared.

I know why don't we sing, I like to sing.

Something religious maybe.

- Marci!

- Oh Jesus this is gonna be the big one.

- Will you cut it out?

Kids, I'm Joanne

Morgan, you need a lift?

- Oh thanks, some killer huh?

- A little messy back there.

- That's okay.

You know who did it,

those red scum Indians,

and this man don't wanna

do nothing about it.

So we gotta do it ourselves,

with Billy here's help.

Sheriff Billy told me to stay with him,

I'm gonna go back up.

- Not the truth.

- Bullshit!

Bullshit!

' Jimmy?

I know I don't look it,

but, on my mother's side,

I'm half-Indian, and itjust

irritates the hell outta me

when you call 'em scum.

- I didn't know that, Sheriff.

- Well you know it now.

So I want you to stay in here,

and I want you to shut your

mouth, do you understand that?

- Yeah, uh-huh.

- That's good.

- I'm gonna do something about that.

- Billy?

- Sit down!

I'm gonna take a large.

Get away from me.

- I said that's enough!

Now you listen to me, everyone of you,

you listen damn close, because

if anybody in this town

decides to take the

law in their own hands,

I'll be on your ass like junebug on sh*t.

I hope I make myself understood

and pardon me ladies.

- Tommy?

Tommy, are you out here?

Tommy?

Jesus Christ!

- Run!

- Cute, real cute.

Multiple stab wounds in the

back, in the arm, and chest.

- I know, same damn MO.

- That's what it looks like.

Well Frank we got

ourselves a real bonafide nut

running around, listen

why don't you go inside

and see if that girl Melissa,

if she can talk now, will ya?

- All right.

- What the hell are you two doing here?

- We uhm, decided to take a little walk.

Funny we ended up here.

Uhm, same MO dad?

- Don't get cute Marci,

I thought I told you two to stay home!

- Ah doc says she can talk now.

- Yeah I'll be right there, fine.

You know it's high time I take a paddle

to both of you right now!

- Come on Dad we're not little kids.

Marci one more word

outta you and you won't be

sitting down for a week.

Now listen there's something

funny going on around here,

there's two dead kids already, two.

And I don't wanna see anything

happen to either one of you.

Oh come on it was my fault

okay I made Marci come with me.

Well then fine, I'll see

your ass when we get home.

Stay here, now what are you

people doing around here?

- And they say chivalry's dead.

- Marci shut up already.

- How is she?

- Well now she's pretty shaken.

- Oh baby.

It's okay, it's okay, I'm

gonna take you home, come on.

No Joanne, the sheriff wants

to ask her some questions.

- Not now for God's sakes, look at her.

- No, I wanna talk!

I saw who did it, I've seen him before,

right over here, in a truck.

- You've seen him before?

- Yeah, the old Indian.

He was standing right over the

body, right in front of me.

Did you actually

see him kill the boy?

No, but he was the only

one there, he had to do it.

He, I was...

That's enough,

I'm taking my child home.

- Yes I'm sorry, they're both upset.

Frank, make sure they

get to the car okay.

Let me have your flashlight.

About time someone put

those goddamn Indians

back in their place.

- What do you wanna do Billy?

What we're gonna do, we're

gonna do what the law does

to those murdering pigs,

we're gonna have ourself

a little justice, pally!

- Yeehaw!

- Find anything?

Or are we gonna go

interrogate Greyfeather?

- Marci, let me handle this.

Greyfeather did not do this.

Dad, that Indian that Melissa

said she saw here that night

that was Greyfeather.

Look we all like Greyfeather

and we know that he

wouldn't do anything to hurt anybody, but,

we gotta face the facts, I

mean a witness has placed him

at the scene of the crime, face it Daddy,

he's the only lead you've got.

- Let's go.

Thank you, Sheriff.

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